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“I block the shots with my laser sword.”
> The technique used here is to (not so) subtly point out that any reasonable
> and intelligent person would have to agree with whatever insane and
> unworkable idea the players are proposing, rather than the carefully
> designed and crafted setting and rules details that the GM (Game Master)
> intended.
>
> And then, just when it looks like it's not going to work, he pulls out the
> master stroke.
>
“Da rth & Droids, Episode 9: Right Back At You [1]”
I just came across Darths & Droids [2], a webcomic based upon the conceit of
running a Star Wars film as a role playing game but one where the role
players have never heard of said film.
It's similar to to The DM (Dungeon Master) of the Rings [3], but instead of
using screen captures from The Lord [4] of the [5] Rings [6], Darths & Droids
is using screen captures from The Phantom Menace [7].
And having actually played in a Star Wars setting, including some friends
playing some overzealous Jedis, I'm finding Darths & Droids extremely funny
(to say that the Jedis in the game I played were … less than stellar is an
understatement, especially when my character, a lowly technician and the
weakest player, stats-wise, manages to kill the major bad guy, an umteenth
level Sith Lord, on the first shot, says something—although what it exactly
says I'm not sure, but still, our Jedi players weren't all that stellar).
[1]
http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/darthsanddroids/episodes/0009.html
[2]
http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/darthsanddroids/
[3]
http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=612
[4]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120737/
[5]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167261/
[6]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167260/
[7]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120915/
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